Comments on: Douglas Proposing Massive Spec Office Building for New York Avenuehttp://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2012/04/05/douglas-proposing-massive-spec-office-building-for-new-york-avenue/
D.C. Real Estate, Development, and UrbanismSat, 01 Aug 2015 19:50:00 -0400hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2By: Two years and a company collapse later, the LivingSocial tax breaks are looking pretty good - Housing Complexhttp://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2012/04/05/douglas-proposing-massive-spec-office-building-for-new-york-avenue/comment-page-1/#comment-110219
Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:55:08 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-110219[...] trophy office space. The company didn’t have a tenant lined up, but the logos in the renderings looked an awful lot like LivingSocial’s, and just about everyone assumed the company would be expanding into the space in a big way. Eight [...]
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Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:12:05 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-102831[...] to chic. According to co-owner Ted Clements, the bar nearly closed last November to make way for a massive office building. Now that project is delayed, and landlord Douglas Development Corporation has extended the [...]
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Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:00:00 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-99409[...] The Passenger, to close as well as a result of the planned Douglas construction, which includes a big new office building around the corner on New York [...]
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:06:29 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-95903I think it's beautiful. It's tough for me to do this often, but huzzah Doug Jemal.
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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:45:32 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-95494B - they're finding a new location (rumor is they've already identified it and are in the process of making the provisions). This wouldn't be the first time they've had to move - their current location is their 3rd spot in the DC area.
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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:38:42 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-95493I'm all for this. MVT suffers from a lack of day traffic -- 455 Mass and 425 Eye are pretty much our only office buildings. As such, we haven't had much in the way of eating options, bars, etc. Sixth Engine and City Vista are about it. Adding another 1000-2000 daytime inhabitants to go along with the 3-4k already planned and the incremental 1500 units of housing and condos (http://www.mountvernontriangle.org/manage/img/515.pdf), this will actually become a neighborhood.
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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:47:25 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-95490Seems pretty interesting by DC office building standards. Still, I though this site was going to be housing. I worry the 9-5 office blob is gradually eating up some of the last remaing spots to build a living downtown.
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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:46:05 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-95489oh no! What will happen to the DC Eagle?
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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:19:11 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-95476Very, very cool. I'm really happy to see downtown finally jumping over NY Avenue, though I suspect the neighbors across L won't be terribly happy with the massing. I wonder how long it will take for the old projects between L and O to get redeveloped.

My only critique: I don't like the vertical lines (fins?) around the building, however - they add to the scale in a way that distracts from the streetscape. I suspect to see a fair number of changes to this structure, though, as it goes through the approval process. Hopefully it will stay at 130 feet - NY Ave could use the height.

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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:20:20 +0000http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/?p=24702#comment-95474Another glass grid, ho hum. It's nice of them to save all those older buildings though. This approach seems like the right choice to transition to the residential neighborhood to the north. The warm and fuzzy rendering is probably a stretch though, all that glass and steel will most likely not have a golden glow.
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